Take cover! Peter Crouch of Stoke City reacts as heavy rain falls and play is halted during his side's Capital One Cup Quarter Final match
against Manchester United
Getting through: There was flooding on the Westlink road last night in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following torrential rain and high winds that brought down trees
Dangerous conditions: Waves crash over the seafront at Penarth in South Wales, south-west of Cardiff
A port spokesman said: 'The safety of our customers and staff remains the port's priority whilst efforts continue to minimise any disruption or delay to customers.'
Northern Ireland Electricity later said it had restored electricity supplies to around 10,000 customers. Just 70 remain without supply with engineers and emergency crews responding to faults in Co Down and Co Antrim.
A spokeswoman said: 'We may need to take some customers off supply this morning to facilitate permanent network repairs but we hope to have electricity restored to the majority of homes by lunchtime.'
At the height of the storm overnight up to 25,000 customers were without power as strong winds, falling trees and debris damaged power lines.
In north-west England there were another 3,500 disconnected after high winds ravaged power lines. The top wind speed was recorded at Castlederg in Northern Ireland, with a Met Office amber weather warning for the area as well as western Scotland.
Nearly 900 homes also lost electricity in the Neath Valley in South Wales, after a high-voltage electrical cable was blown down at around 6pm.
Thousands were affected in the Republic of Ireland, where a 23-year-old woman died when a tree fell on her car near Mullingar in County Westmeath.
The Environment Agency had 25 flood warnings in place just after midnight in England and Wales, with flooding expected and immediate action required.
Warnings were concentrated across the South West, Wales and the North-West. There were also 117 flood alerts, with flooding possible.
Wednesday night football fixtures were hit, with a Sky Bet Championship football match in Sheffield abandoned when heavy rain left the pitch unplayable.
Making it down: An Air France aeroplane was pictured landing sideways at Bristol Airport as Britain was hit by winds yesterday that reached up to 75mph
On the ground: The Air France aeroplane lands at Bristol Airport as gusts of up to 90mph were forecast for western Scotland overnight
Warnings: The Environment Agency had 25 flood warnings in place just after midnight in England and Wales, with flooding expected and immediate action required
Maps: This graphic (left) by Metdesk shows a radar rain image last night, and a Met Office image (right) shows an amber weather warning in place for western Scotland
Sheffield Wednesday's home match against Wigan, at Hillsborough, was called off early in the second half after large puddles appeared on the pitch.
Stoke City's home quarter-final tie against Manchester United in the Capital One League Cup was temporarily suspended due to heavy rain and hail.
Referee Mark Clattenburg briefly pulled players off the Britannia Stadium's pitch, but play was resumed shortly afterwards and United went on to win 2-0.
And the FA Cup second round replay between Crawley Town and Bristol Rovers was abandoned in the second half because of a waterlogged pitch.
Debris caused havoc on roads and railways, seeing a man to be taken to hospital with head and chest injuries after the car he was travelling in was hit.
The falling tree smashed the windscreen and left the front passenger, a 19-year-old man, with facial wounds, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
He was anaesthetised at the scene and taken to hospital. Another passenger, a man in his 50s, and the male driver received minor injuries.
The accident happened at about 6pm on the A45, between Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Rugby, in Warwickshire.
Walking away: Referee Mark Clattenburg brings the players off as heavy rain falls and play is halted during the match between Stoke City and Manchester United
Running: Players leave the pitch due to the hail during the Capital One Cup match at the Britannia Stadium. The game was later resumed and United won 2-0
No more play: A Sky Bet Championship football match between Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan Athletic at Hillsborough was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch
The end: Crawley Town and Bristol Rovers footballers leave the pitch as their FA Cup second round replay match is abandoned due to bad weather at Broadfield Stadium
An ambulance spokesman said: ‘The driver of the car was also taken to the same hospital as a precaution.’
Police closed the A595 at Moota in Cumbria after the roof was blown off a hotel, with motorists asked to avoid the area.
A roof blew off another property in Seaton and disruption due to trees blocking roads was reported in Whitehaven and Hackthorpe.
There were also delays for train passengers across parts of the South West.
South West Trains reported problems due to trees on the track near Sherborne in Dorset and on a train between Exeter and Axeminster in Devon.
Also, a South West service hit a fallen tree in the New Forest last night at about 9pm near Hinton Admiral on the Brockenhurst to Bournemouth route.
Going forward: A forecaster said there is a possibility of snow tomorrow in the South-West, but it is unlikely to settle at lower levels
Splash: A fisherman casts off into a rough North Sea near Sunderland yesterday, as winds whip up waves ahead of an incoming storm
Crash: Strong winds whip up waves against the sea wall at Sunderland yesterday ahead of the storm which is due to cause disruption across much of Britain
This morning, coastguards and an RAF helicopter in North Lincolnshire resumed the search for a missing sailor.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said a 45-year-old man fell overboard from a small cargo ship moored on the River Trent.
Rescuers were forced to call off the search last night after conditions became too treacherous.
Watch manager Mike Puplett, from Humberside Caostguard, said: 'A crewman from a ship called the Sea Melody which was tied up on the River Trent in North Lincolnshire was working on the upper deck with ropes and wires.
'We believe that he got tangled up in the wires and was pulled overboard into the river and disappeared from view immediately.
'The helicopter was there within a few minutes using his infrared camera which looks for heat sources.
'The helicopter searched until it ran out of fuel and had to return to base, but unfortunately, we haven't found anything yet.'
Multiscreen: Staff are pictured working at the Highways Agency's East Regional control centre at South Mimms in Hertfordshire
Preparations: Roads Minister Robert Goodwill (left), with Ian Spellacey, managing director of Connect Plus Services, who runs the maintenance depot
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